The Crown

Acklam Road was the centre of much action during the building of the Westway

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3 Acklam Road From the 19th century up until 1965, number 3 Acklam Road, near the Portobello Road junction, was occupied by the Bedford family.

3 Acklam Road

Acklam Road protests Acklam Road was the centre of much action during the building of the Westway.

Acklam Road protests

Adair Road before redevelopment (1964) A photo showing Adair Road’s junction with Golborne Gardens in March 1964.

Adair Road before redevelopment (1964)

Adair Road junction with Southam Street (1932) A wet day in London W10.

Adair Road junction with Southam Street (1932)

Albert Hotel The Albert Hotel stood on the corner of All Saints Road and Westbourne Park Road.

Albert Hotel

Kensington Park Hotel The KPH is a landmark pub on Ladbroke Grove.

Kensington Park Hotel

Ladbroke Grove Ladbroke Grove is named after James Weller Ladbroke, who developed the Ladbroke Estate in the mid nineteenth century, until then a largely rural area on the western edges of London.

Ladbroke Grove

Orme’s Green Ormes Green was the former name for this part of Westbourne Park.

Orme’s Green

Political meeting (1920s) Meeting in front of the Junction Arms situated where Tavistock Road, Crescent and Basing Road met.

Political meeting (1920s)

Portobello Farm Portobello Farm House was approached along Turnpike Lane, sometimes referred to as Green’s Lane, a track leading from Kensington Gravel Pits towards a wooden bridge over the canal.

Portobello Farm

Portobello Green Portobello Green features a shopping arcade under the Westway along Thorpe Close, an open-air market under the canopy, and community gardens.

Portobello Green

St. Joseph’s Home St Joseph's dominated a part of Portobello Road up until the 1980s.

St. Joseph’s Home

The Apollo The Apollo pub was located at 18 All Saints Road, on the southeast corner of the Lancaster Road junction.

The Apollo

The Crown Acklam Road was the centre of much action during the building of the Westway

The Crown

The Mitre The Mitre was situated at 62 Golborne Road on the corner with Wornington Road.

The Mitre

The Prince of Wales Cinema The Prince of Wales Cinema was located at 331 Harrow Road.

The Prince of Wales Cinema

Weston’s Cider House In 1930 Weston’s opened their first and only cider mill on the Harrow Road.

Weston’s Cider House

Windsor Castle The Windsor Castle dates from the 1820s but its main incarnation was as a classic Victorian public house, seminal in 1970s musical history.

Windsor Castle

NEARBY STREETS

Absalom Road, W10 Absalom Road was the former name for the western section of Golborne Gardens (Kensal Town)

Absalom Road, W10

Acklam Road, W10 Acklam Road was the centre of much action during the building of the Westway (Notting Hill)

Acklam Road, W10

Adair Road, W10 Adair Road is a street on the Kensal Town/North Kensington borders (Kensal Town)

Adair Road, W10

Adair Tower, W10 Adair Tower is a post-war tower block on the corner of Adair Road and Appleford Road, W10 (Kensal Town)

Adair Tower, W10

Alba Place, W11 Alba Place is part of the Colville Conservation Area (Notting Hill)

Alba Place, W11

Aldridge Court, W11 Aldridge Court is in Aldridge Road Villas (Westbourne Park)

Aldridge Court, W11

Aldridge Road Villas, W11 Aldridge Road Villas is a surviving fragment of mid-Victorian residential development (Westbourne Park)

Aldridge Road Villas, W11

All Saints Road, W11 Built between 1852-61, All Saints Road is named after All Saints Church on Talbot Road (Notting Hill)

All Saints Road, W11

Angola Mews, W10 Angola Mews, one of the lost mews of North Kensington, was demolished to make way for the Bevington Road School (North Kensington)

Angola Mews, W10

Appleford House, W10 Appleford House is a residential block along Appleford Road (Kensal Town)

Appleford House, W10

Appleford Road, W10 Appleford Road was transformed post-war from a Victorian street to one dominated by housing blocks (Kensal Town)

Appleford Road, W10

Ascot House, W9 Ascot House was built as part of the GLC’s small Windsor estate (Maida Hill)

Ascot House, W9

Athlone Place, W10 Athlone Place runs between Faraday Road and Bonchurch Road (North Kensington)

Athlone Place, W10

Basing Street, W11 Basing Street was originally Basing Road between 1867 and 1939 (Notting Hill)

Basing Street, W11

Bevington Road, W10 Bevington Road is a street in North Kensington, London W10 (North Kensington)

Bevington Road, W10

Blagrove Road, W10 This is a street in the W10 postcode (Notting Hill)

Blagrove Road, W10

Bonchurch Road, W10 Bonchurch Road was first laid out in the 1870s (North Kensington)

Bonchurch Road, W10

Buckshead House, W2 Buckshead House is a block on Great Western Road (Westbourne Green)

Buckshead House, W2

Cambridge Gardens, W10 Cambridge Gardens is a street in North Kensington, London W10 (Notting Dale)

Cambridge Gardens, W10

Caradoc Close, W2 Caradoc Close is a street in Paddington (Westbourne Green)

Caradoc Close, W2

Combe House, W2 Combe House is a block on Great Western Road (Westbourne Green)

Combe House, W2

Culham House, W2 Culham House is a block on Great Western Road (Westbourne Green)

Culham House, W2

Dainton House, W2 Dainton House is a block on Great Western Road (Westbourne Green)

Dainton House, W2

Dartmouth Close, W11 Dartmouth Close is a street in Notting Hill (Westbourne Green)

Dartmouth Close, W11

Derrycombe House, W2 Derrycombe House is a block on Great Western Road (Westbourne Green)

Derrycombe House, W2

Devonport House, W2 Devonport House is a block on Great Western Road (Westbourne Green)

Devonport House, W2

Edenham Mews, W10 Edenham Mews was the site of a youth club and day nursery after the Second World War until demolition (Kensal Town)

Edenham Mews, W10

Edenham Street, W10 Edenham Street was swept away in 1969 (Kensal Town)

Edenham Street, W10

Edenham Way, W10 Edenham Way is a 1970s street (North Kensington)

Edenham Way, W10

Elkstone Road, W10 Elkstone Road replaced Southam Street around 1970 (North Kensington)

Elkstone Road, W10

Fallodon House, W11 Fallodon House was planned in 1973 to replace housing between Tavistock Crescent, Tavistock Road, and St Luke’s Road (Westbourne Park)

Fallodon House, W11

Faraday Road, W10 Faraday Road is one of the ’scientist’ roadnames of North Kensington (North Kensington)

Faraday Road, W10

Fermoy House, W9 Fermoy House can be found on Fermoy Road (West Kilburn)

Fermoy House, W9

Fermoy Road, W9 Fermoy Road was named in 1883 and partly built up by 1884 (West Kilburn)

Fermoy Road, W9

Golborne Gardens, W10 Golborne Gardens may date from the 1880s (Kensal Town)

Golborne Gardens, W10

Golborne Mews, W10 Golborne Mews lies off of the Portobello Road, W10 (North Kensington)

Golborne Mews, W10

Golborne Road, W10 Golborne Road, heart of North Kensington, was named after Dean Golbourne, at one time vicar of St John’s Church in Paddington (North Kensington)

Golborne Road, W10

Golden Mews, W11 Golden Mews was a tiny mews off of Basing Street, W11 (Notting Hill)

Golden Mews, W11

Great Western Road, W11 The name of the Great Western Road dates from the 1850s (Westbourne Park)

Great Western Road, W11

Great Western Road, W9 Great Western Road’s northernmost section was created after a bridge was constructed over the canal (Maida Hill)

Great Western Road, W9

Hanwell House, W2 Hanwell House is a block on Great Western Road (Westbourne Green)

Hanwell House, W2

Harrow Road, W9 Harrow Road is a main road running through Paddington, Willesden and beyond (Maida Hill)

Harrow Road, W9

Hayden’s Place, W11 Haydens Place is a small cul-de-sac off of the Portobello Road (Notting Hill)

Hayden’s Place, W11

Hazlewood Tower, W10 Hazlewood Tower is a skyscraper in North Kensington, London W10 (Kensal Town)

Hazlewood Tower, W10

Hedgegate Court, W11 Hedgegate Court is a block on Powis Terrace (Notting Hill)

Hedgegate Court, W11

Hermes Close, W9 Hermes Close is a street in Maida Vale (Maida Hill)

Hermes Close, W9

Hormead Road, W9 Hormead Road was named in 1885 although its site was still a nursery ground until 1891 (Kensal Town)

Hormead Road, W9

James House, W10 James House is a residential block in Appleford Road (Kensal Town)

James House, W10

Kensal Place, W10 Kensal Place ran from Southam Street to Kensal Road (Kensal Town)

Kensal Place, W10

Keyham House, W2 The twenty-storey Keyham House is on Westbourne Park Road (Westbourne Green)

Keyham House, W2

Lancaster Road, W11 Lancaster Road has been called London’s most Instagrammable street (Notting Hill)

Lancaster Road, W11

Landor House, W2 Landor House is a block on Westbourne Park Road (Westbourne Green)

Landor House, W2

Lavie Mews, W10 Lavie Mews, W10 was a mews connecting Portobello Road and Murchison Road (North Kensington)

Lavie Mews, W10

Leamington House, W11 Leamington House was built by 1962 (Westbourne Park)

Leamington House, W11

Leamington Road Villas, W11 Leamington Road Villas is a street in Notting Hill (Westbourne Park)

Leamington Road Villas, W11

Lionel Mews, W10 Lionel Mews was built around 1882 and probably disappeared in the 1970s (North Kensington)

Lionel Mews, W10

Malton Mews, W10 Malton Mews, formerly Oxford Mews, runs south off of Cambridge Gardens (Notting Dale)

Malton Mews, W10

Malton Road, W11 Malton Road is a street in North Kensington, London W10 (Notting Dale)

Malton Road, W11

Manchester Drive, W10 Manchester Drive is one of the streets of London in the W10 postal area (North Kensington)

Manchester Drive, W10

McGregor Road, W11 McGregor Road runs between St Luke’s Road and All Saints Road (Notting Hill)

McGregor Road, W11

Modena Street, W9 Modena Street was swept away in the late 1960s (North Kensington)

Modena Street, W9

Morgan Road, W10 Morgan Road connects Wornington Road and St Ervans Road (North Kensington)

Morgan Road, W10

Munro Mews, W10 Munro Mews is a part cobbled through road that connects Wornington Road and Wheatstone Road (North Kensington)

Munro Mews, W10

Murchison Road, W10 Murchison Road existed for just under 100 years (North Kensington)

Murchison Road, W10

Orchard Close, W10 Orchard Close is one of the streets of London in the W10 postal area (North Kensington)

Orchard Close, W10

Portishead House, W2 Portishead House is part of the Brunel Estate (Westbourne Green)

Portishead House, W2

Portobello Road, W10 Portobello Road is split into two sections by the Westway/Hammersmith and City line (North Kensington)

Portobello Road, W10

Portobello Road, W11 Portobello Road is internationally famous for its market (Notting Hill)

Portobello Road, W11

Powis Gardens, W11 Powis Gardens is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)

Powis Gardens, W11

Powis Mews, W11 Powis Mews is a street in Notting Hill (Westbourne Green)

Powis Mews, W11

Powis Terrace, W11 Powis Terrace is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)

Powis Terrace, W11

Pressland Street, W10 Pressland Street ran from Kensal Road to the canal (North Kensington)

Pressland Street, W10

Raddington Road, W10 Raddington Road is a street in North Kensington, London W10 (Notting Hill)

Raddington Road, W10

Rendle Street, W10 Rendle Street ran from Murchison Road to Telford Road (North Kensington)

Rendle Street, W10

Riverford House, W2 Riverford House is a block on Westbourne Park Road (Westbourne Green)

Riverford House, W2

Roseland Place, W11 Roseland Place was a short mews located at what is now 224/226 Portobello Road (Notting Hill)

Roseland Place, W11

Sappertone House, W2 Sappertone House is a block on Westbourne Park Road (Westbourne Green)

Sappertone House, W2

Shottsford, W2 Shottsford is one of the buildings of the Wessex Gardens Estate (Westbourne Green)

Shottsford, W2

Shrewsbury Road, W2 Shrewsbury Road is a street in Paddington (Westbourne Green)

Shrewsbury Road, W2

Silvester Mews, W11 Silvester Mews was a mews off of Basing Street, W11 (Notting Hill)

Silvester Mews, W11

Southam House, W10 Southam House is situated on Adair Road (Kensal Town)

Southam House, W10

Southam Street, W10 Southam Street was made world-famous in the photographs of Roger Mayne (Kensal Town)

Southam Street, W10

St Charles Place, W10 St Charles Place is a street in North Kensington, London W10 (North Kensington)

St Charles Place, W10

St Columbs House, W10 St Columbs House is situated at 9-39 Blagrove Road (North Kensington)

St Columbs House, W10

St Ervans Road, W10 St Ervans Road is named after the home town of the Rev. Samuel Walker (North Kensington)

St Ervans Road, W10

St Joseph’s Close, W10 St Joseph’s Close is a cul-de-sac off of Bevington Road (North Kensington)

St Joseph’s Close, W10

St Lawrence Terrace, W10 St Lawrence Terrace runs parallel with Ladbroke Grove, one block east (North Kensington)

St Lawrence Terrace, W10

St Lukes Mews, W11 St Lukes Mews is a mews off of All Saints Road, W11 (Notting Hill)

St Lukes Mews, W11

St Luke’s Road, W11 St Luke’s Road is a street in Notting Hill (Westbourne Park)

St Luke’s Road, W11

St Michael’s Gardens, W10 St Michael’s Gardens lies to the south of St Michael’s Church (North Kensington)

St Michael’s Gardens, W10

Stonehouse House, W2 Stonehouse House is a block on Westbourne Park Road (Westbourne Green)

Stonehouse House, W2

Sunderland House, W2 Sunderland House is sited on Westbourne Park Road (Westbourne Green)

Sunderland House, W2

Talbot Road, W2 Talbot Road straddles the W2/W11 postcodes (Westbourne Green)

Talbot Road, W2

Tavistock Crescent, W11 Tavistock Crescent was where the first Notting Hill Carnival procession began on 18 September 1966. (Notting Hill)

Tavistock Crescent, W11

Tavistock Mews, W11 Tavistock Mews, W11 lies off of the Portobello Road (Notting Hill)

Tavistock Mews, W11

Tavistock Road, W11 Tavistock Road was developed in the late 1860s alongside the Hammersmith and City railway line from Westbourne Park station (Notting Hill)

Tavistock Road, W11

Telford Road, W10 Telford Road is one of the local streets named after prominent nineteenth century scientists (North Kensington)

Telford Road, W10

Thorpe Close, W10 Thorpe Close is a redevelopment of the former Thorpe Mews, laid waste by the building of the Westway (North Kensington)

Thorpe Close, W10

Trellick Tower, W10 Trellick Tower is a 31-storey block of flats designed in the Brutalist style by architect Ernő Goldfinger, completed in 1972 (Kensal Town)

Trellick Tower, W10

Truro House, W2 Truro House is a block on Westbourne Park Road (Westbourne Green)

Truro House, W2

Westbourne Park Road, W11 Westbourne Park Road runs between Notting Hill and the Paddington area (Westbourne Park)

Westbourne Park Road, W11

Westbury House, W11 Westbury House was built on the corner of Westbourne Park Road and Aldridge Road Villas in 1965 (Westbourne Park)

Westbury House, W11

Western Mews, W9 Western Mews is a street in Maida Vale (Maida Hill)

Western Mews, W9

Westway, W10 Westway is the A40(M) motorway which runs on an elevated section along the W10/W11 border (Notting Hill)

Westway, W10

Wheatstone Road, W10 Wheatstone Road was the former name of the eastern section of Bonchurch Road (North Kensington)

Wheatstone Road, W10

Windsor Gardens, W9 Windsor Gardens is a street in Maida Vale (Maida Hill)

Windsor Gardens, W9

Woodfield Crescent, W9 Woodfield Crescent was a former street in London W9 (Maida Hill)

Woodfield Crescent, W9

Woodfield Place, W9 Woodfield Place is a street in Maida Vale (Maida Hill)

Woodfield Place, W9

Woodfield Road, W9 The first section of Woodfield Road seems to date from the 1830s (Maida Hill)

Woodfield Road, W9

Wornington Road, W10 Wornington Road connected Golborne Road with Ladbroke Grove, though the Ladbroke end is now closed to through traffic (North Kensington)

Wornington Road, W10

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